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Georgius Hieronymus Velschius
Italian physician
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guinea worm disease
- In guinea worm disease: Guinea worm disease through history
In 1674 Italian physician Georgius Hieronymus Velschius published Exercitatio de Vena Medinensis, an illustrated work that included a depiction of the process of worm extraction from a patient’s leg. The following century, Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus assigned the Latin name Dracunculus medinensis to the guinea worm, and a short…
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